CANADIAN HORSES. 



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they have been somewhat indiscriminately crossed with 

 other breeds, and consequently the original type has been 

 lost to a considerable extent. A stud-book has lately 

 been started with the object of retaining as far as possible 

 the best characteristics of the old French Canadian horse. 

 The brown cob in Fig. 496 is a typical French Cana- 

 dian, especially in his coarse head, big ears, straight 



Fig. 495. — Grey French Canadian cob (15 hands). 



shoulders, good depth of body, and somewhat short and 

 sloping shoulders. Lowness of the withers as compared 

 to the height of the croup is a peculiarity of the breed, 

 which is more strongly marked in the grey (Fig. 495) than 

 in the brown (Fig. 496), although the latter is a better 

 type of the French Canadian than the former. These 

 cobs are noted for strength and endurance, and, to judge 

 by reports on them during the late Boer war, they are more 

 suitable for harness than for saddle. 



